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20 Total Exceeds 5 Meets 4 Approaches 2 Not Evident 0

Engagement You show You show You tell and No effort towards
instead of tell and instead of tell at show at times. a narrative.
you bring the times. You bring The reader is not
reader into a the reader into a engaged in your
powerful specific moment. moment as there
moment. is a lot of telling.

Description You use You use You use Langauge lacks

language, language that is language that is language that is creativity and
diction, and both authentic to authentic but authentic at times authenticity.
examples your moment and could be stronger but does not Examples do not
powerful. Your or more specific. accurately connect to thesis.
examples Your examples describe your
illustrate your illustrate your moment. Your
thesis. thesis. examples do not
consistently
illustrate your
thesis.

Structure Narrative follows Narrative follows Narrative Structure is

a unique a structure structure is chaotic or
structure which which leads to a lacking or entirely
leads to a somewhat analytical in analytical and
compelling and identifiable nature. Thesis is there is no
clear thesis thesis found too early thesis or
or is purpose to
non-existent narrative

Grammar No grammar Some grammar Consistent No effort

errors and errors and some grammar errors towards
varied sentence varied sentence and minimal effectiveefective
structure and structure and sentence variety grammar or
sentence sentence and minimal sentence
patterns used patterns used sentence variety.
throughout. throughout. patterns.

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